Indian Creek Release Outcomes
Indian Creek Correctional Center is operated by VADOC. Its population and records belong to the state correctional system even though the prison has a Chesapeake address. An institutional departure can be an actual discharge, release onto parole or probation, transfer within VADOC, movement to a hospital or program, or delivery to another authority under a detainer. A changed prison location does not prove release.
VADOC’s facility-release process says a person who has satisfied the state sentence is discharged or leaves on parole and receives a notification-of-release letter. Applicable papers can include an Order of Release, Conditions of Probation, or Conditions of Parole. They are read, signed, dated, and witnessed. Those person-held records, joined with the post-event VADOC status, carry more weight than a projected date captured before the event.
Indian Creek releases are state events. The Chesapeake Sheriff inmate portal does not confirm departure from this VADOC prison.
Check an Indian Creek Release
The VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator is the first public check. Search with the first three characters of the first name and a full last name of at least two characters, or use the seven-digit DOC ID. Advanced filters include location, race, gender, and age. Accept the disclaimer and complete the CAPTCHA before comparing matches.
- Search by DOC ID when available because it is more stable than a name.
- Compare the displayed identifiers and location before opening a record.
- Read the exact correctional, custody, or parole status and any release-date wording shown.
- Distinguish a new VADOC location from community release.
- After the date, confirm the changed status and compare signed release or supervision papers.
- If the public result is missing or unclear, request the exact public status or release document from VADOC.
The locator covers people in VADOC custody or supervision, including district-supervised probationers and parolees. It is not described as a permanent archive of everyone fully discharged. No result therefore does not prove discharge.
Indian Creek Records and Contact
The facility contact can address institutional routing, while VADOC records staff handle formal production under the state process. Requests should identify the person with a full name and DOC number when known, then name the existing record sought. Asking for a release order, correctional status, facility history, or public date field is more precise than asking for a full case file.
Indian Creek Correctional Center
801 Sanderson Road
Chesapeake, VA 23328
757-421-0095
Mail: P.O. Box 16481, Chesapeake, VA 23328
VADOC Central Office
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261
804-674-3000
FOIA guidance: 804-963-2953
FOIA@vadoc.virginia.gov
VADOC accepts requests by mail, fax, email, telephone, or in person, with writing preferred. The Virginia five-working-day response framework applies, with a written seven-working-day extension when invoked. Actual costs may be charged, and an estimate or deposit may apply.
Indian Creek Search Fields
Search fields and released-record fields answer different questions. The web locator helps identify present VADOC custody or supervision and may display release-date information. Internal and person-held papers document the actual event and terms. Public access does not extend to every note in a correctional or supervision file.
| Source | Useful detail | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| VADOC locator | Name, DOC ID, status, location, release-date information where displayed | Updated daily but may be inaccurate or outdated |
| OP 050.1 public data | Projected parole eligibility, mandatory parole or good-time dates at inquiry | Does not promise the same label on every web result |
| Release papers | Release order, notification letter, supervision conditions | Usually held by VADOC and the released person |
| NAAVI | State transfer and release notifications for registered users | Separate from local VINE and not a public archive |
A future date is a projection. It can move with jail credit, sentence type, active term, earning class, discipline, court orders, and other sentence events.
Indian Creek State Notifications
VADOC uses NAAVI for state-custody notification. The agency says NAAVI is not connected to VINE notifications used by local jails. A registration created while someone was at Chesapeake Correctional Center does not automatically follow a transfer to Indian Creek. Eligible users must register in the correct state system.
NAAVI may provide transfer notice, anticipated release notice typically about 30 days ahead, and actual release notice. The anticipated date can change. The actual-release event means the person is no longer in VADOC custody, but it does not erase parole or probation conditions. VADOC Victim Services can be reached at 1-800-560-4292 for help with its notification process.
Note: An alert is corroboration; signed papers and the post-event VADOC status are stronger proof of the completed state release.
Sanderson Road State Facilities
Indian Creek and St. Brides are two separate VADOC prisons on neighboring Sanderson Road addresses in Chesapeake. Indian Creek is at 801 Sanderson Road. St. Brides is at 701 Sanderson Road. Their proximity is a distinctive local source of search errors. A user must compare the exact institution name and DOC record instead of treating the sites as one complex.
The official VADOC Facilities and Offices directory is the source for the institution and Chesapeake District 31.

The directory confirms state ownership. It also helps locate the district office if release leads to VADOC supervision in Chesapeake.
After an Indian Creek Release
Physical departure and the end of correctional authority are not always the same. A person can leave Indian Creek on parole or under probation conditions and remain in the VADOC locator as a supervisee. District 31 serves Chesapeake from 808 Live Oak Drive, Suite 125, at 757-424-6760. The release order or conditions identify the proper authority. A Chesapeake address alone does not establish that District 31 supervises a person.
- Discharge
- The end of the stated custodial or correctional obligation shown by the controlling record.
- Parole
- Release from incarceration under Board authority for a parole-eligible person, with supervision.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision that may follow custody or be imposed without a prison stay.
- Detainer
- A legal hold that can send the person to another authority instead of the community.
Virginia generally abolished discretionary parole for felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995, subject to statutory exceptions. The presence of parole wording on a record must be read in light of the offense date, sentence, and applicable exception. A Parole Board grant is also not the physical release. VADOC sets and processes the later release date under the governing rules, and another hold may still control the destination.
When the record shows probation instead, compare the Conditions of Probation with the sentencing order and the locator’s correctional status. Supervision may end through a later court entry, VADOC status change, or person-held discharge paper. Do not infer that it ended because an institution field disappeared.
For a complete named-person chain, the Chesapeake release search explains how local, state, court, federal, and immigration records fit together. For Indian Creek itself, VADOC status remains the controlling search route.
Request Indian Creek Release Records
When the public locator cannot settle the question, request a narrow existing record from the VADOC office that holds it. Give the requester’s name and legal address, then identify the incarcerated person by full name and DOC number. Ask for the specific public correctional status, release order, notification letter, facility history, or date category needed. A request for the whole inmate or supervision file is more likely to include exempt material and unnecessary cost.
VADOC’s published framework permits requests by mail, fax, email, telephone, or in person, though writing is preferred. Virginia’s ordinary response period is five working days. Written notice can invoke seven additional working days when production within the first period is impracticable. Charges may include actual labor, copies, and delivery. OP 050.1 lists a copy rate of $0.10 per page, the least costly actual shipping method, and reasonable actual labor for archive or electronic research.
Virginia Code §2.2-3706 allows discretionary withholding of some records about people confined in correctional facilities and adult probation or parole files. That limit does not make all public status information unavailable. It means the request should track the releasable fields and documents supported by the research. If VADOC says another custodian holds the record, follow that referral and keep the original DOC identifier attached to the request.